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lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-05-31 01:14 am
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-05-31 01:14 am
[6] Action for Violet/Everywhere [Fourth Wall Event]
[Blake is in his apartment minding his own business when there's a flash of light.]
When it fades, nothing seems different for a minute. All's normal and as it should be, everything in its place. After a second, it sinks in. There's something that's been out of place for months, and all of a sudden the feeling of nakedness is gone.]
[He pats his side, and there's the good, reassuring weight of his gun, right where it should be. He takes it out to give it a look over, and it's exactly as he remembers it. He puts it back and feels more himself than he has since he got to this damn place.]
[That's when he notices there's a lot of strange noises outside.]
[Blake opens the door and steps out.]
[He takes a good look at around.]
[He thinks it over.]
Nope.
[He turns around to go back inside.]
When it fades, nothing seems different for a minute. All's normal and as it should be, everything in its place. After a second, it sinks in. There's something that's been out of place for months, and all of a sudden the feeling of nakedness is gone.]
[He pats his side, and there's the good, reassuring weight of his gun, right where it should be. He takes it out to give it a look over, and it's exactly as he remembers it. He puts it back and feels more himself than he has since he got to this damn place.]
[That's when he notices there's a lot of strange noises outside.]
[Blake opens the door and steps out.]
[He takes a good look at around.]
[He thinks it over.]
Nope.
[He turns around to go back inside.]
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[That is apparently news to Princess, because she's now backing away from the Gundam, in Blake's general direction.]
You might have to fight to fight half the region for it, at this point.
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[You've got the right idea, bird.]
Shit. If this is the kind of competition out there, maybe this place taking weapons away isn't such a bad thing.
[He strikes out toward where there used to be someplace to get a drink, though who the hell knows now.]
[with absolute, fervent honesty] I would.
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[The apparent lack of worry about the 'tanks' being both deliberate and genuine.
He comes back down once more.]
Lead the way, then. I can throw a few chairs if I have to.
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[shaken down to your goddamn boots that they exist in the first place is another.]
[he winces] There's people who say that, too? Just what we need, something out of Carrie.
[A movie that had come out when Carter was a little kid and scared the shit out of him.]
[He heads toward the nearest bar. At least, where the nearest bar was yesterday.]
Hell, do that and I'll forgive you parking the robot on my front lawn.
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[He'd rather know someone can set him on fire before that person actually does so, though he'd be even happier if it didn't happen at all.]
...I guess it's in the way, huh. I'll move it once we've had a drink or six and the time to get over them.
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[Blake's goal becomes get through this day sane and don't get set on fire. They both sound a lot more difficult than they did when he got up this morning.]
Don't make me give you a ticket for drunk robot driving.
[At least the bar looks normal enough. Blake orders shots and takes one immediately, because fuck this earth.]
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[Hell, at this point he's almost expecting the Baronoke to show up.]
Don't worry, I promise I'll be as reasonable as I can be.
[He says, not long before downing a whole beer in practically one go.]
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[He gestures at the bartender to keep them coming. He's got plenty of money socked away for a rainy day, and this is goddamn pouring.]
[Blake muses into the empty glass] Doesn't make any sense. One of the most down to earth people I've run into on this rock...not even from fucking Earth.
[It's an immense weight of unreality bearing down on him. He finds it's better if he approaches it one glimpse at a time.]
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I'm surprised it's not the case more often. Real estate on Earth is horribly expensive. A lot of people can only afford to move there once they're well-established or if they have good connections.
[Which is quite probably not Blake's point, and he knows it.]
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Yeah, that's the problem, all these neighborhoods getting gentrified. Planets. How're the apartments on Mars?
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[All that beer must be having an effect, because he doesn't even bother to try and make up an amusing lie. Looks like today is now Horrifying Revelations Day, sorry.]
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[He takes another drink.]
The future sounds pretty lousy.
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[He thinks about it for a few seconds.]
...And if there's any world out there that would consider that an improvement instead, I don't want to know about it.
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I thought the future was supposed to be all peaceful and enlightened. All that Star Trek crap.
[It's easier to think of this as something abstract. Just shooting the shit. A whole lot easier when you're not standing underneath a damn giant robot.]
[Still, his hand on the glass isn't all that steady.]
Doesn't sound like much to look forward to.
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[He says it quite casually, almost as if he was talking about the weather. But his hand is gripping his glass more tightly, now.]
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[He takes another drink. The burn on the way down is a steadying feeling. Something normal.]
So in the future the whole galaxy goes to hell. Anything in particular I should look out for?
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...If they start building space colonies in your lifetime, don't move there. Don't pick a side, and stay out of their way for a few decades.
[It would probably happen long after his death, but better safe than sorry.]
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[He leans back on his stool, feeling a warm buffer start to rise between him and the insanity going on.]
Never wanted to go to space anyway. Oh, sure, every kid thinks they want to be an astronaut, but then you find out it's all math and getting stuck in a can. Apollo 13 makes for a good movie, but you wouldn't wanna do it.
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[He doesn't sound too upset by that last part, funnily enough.]
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[He puts his elbows on the counter, leans forward, and laughs.]
[Not the crazy kind he's been suppressing for a lot of today, either. Just a normal guy's what are you gonna do? kind of laugh.]
It's good to know some things don't change.
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No matter what the situation, if people see an opportunity to make money or order others around, they'll take it. It's almost heartwarming.
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[He raises his glass]
I'll drink to that.
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[He raises his own in return.]